Upcoming Performances at Sauder Concert Hall
ECoSistema Spring Concert — Thu, Jan 01st
Young music students in the Elkhart County ECoSistema program at Goshen College and the Goshen Boys and Girls Club will present their annual spring concert in Sauder Concert Hall. ECoSistema leadership is provided by Hillary Harder, Isaac Fortoso, and Kent Dutchersmith.
Community School of the Arts Spring Choral Showcase — Thu, Jan 01st
Three youth choirs in the Community School of the Arts will present their spring choral showcase concert in Sauder Concert Hall. Performing are Rejoice (grades 3-5) and Sommo Voci (grades 9-12) directed by Kristin Kauffman, and Shout for Joy (grades 6-8) directed by Katie Thornthwaite.
GC Choirs -- EARTHTONES: Songs from Many Cultures — Thu, Jan 01st
The Goshen College Choirs will present their annual EARTHTONES concert of world choral music. Performing are the GC Chamber Choir and Vox Profundi, directed by Scott Hochstetler, and Voices of the Earth, directed by H. Roz Woll. The program will feature choral works from a wide variety of cultures and countries, and performed in foreign languages.
Goshen College Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert — Thu, Jan 01st
The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Douglass, will present its Spring Concert in Sauder Concert Hall.
Lavender Jazz Spring Concert — Thu, Jan 01st
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band, will present their spring concert in Sauder Concert Hall. The concert will feature full band performances as well as small combo jazz. Lavender Jazz is directed by Greg Smucker.
Goshen College Touring Choir Home Concert — Thu, Jan 01st
Verdi "Requiem" -- Elkhart County Symphony with Goshen College Choirs and Camerata Singers — Thu, Jan 01st
Student winners of the 2026-27 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform their works in Sauder Concert Hall with the GC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Douglass. Performers are TBD.
Verdi "Requiem" -- Elkhart County Symphony with Goshen College Choirs and Camerata Singers — Thu, Jan 01st
This annual Sauder Concert Hall performance, presenting collaborations with the Camerata Singers and Goshen College Choirs, continues one of the Symphony’s most cherished traditions while elevating the scale and ambition to extraordinary heights.
Comparable in emotional scope and significance to monumental works such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, and Mozart’s Requiem, Verdi’s masterpiece combines operatic intensity with spiritual gravity in a work that remains among the most overwhelming live experiences in classical music.
The performance will feature soloists Jenny Ribeiro and Goshen College faculty members Roz Woll and Scott Hochstetler. The Camerata Singers will additionally be featured as an ensemble—performing their own work—with the support of the Symphony, further highlighting the collaborative spirit at the heart of the evening.
With its thunderous drama, immense vocal demands, and deeply human emotional range, Verdi Requiem stands as one of the defining artistic statements of the season—and one of the largest productions the Symphony has undertaken in recent years.
ECoSistema Winter Concert — Thu, Jan 01st
String members of the Goshen College ECoSistema program along with musicians from the Goshen Boys & Girls Club will perform on the Sauder Concert Hall stage.
ECoSistema is a music and youth development program focused on building community through music. Though partnerships, ECoSistema creates an accessible pathway of music education opportunities from birth through young adulthood for all people in Elkhart County. ECoSistema finds its home within the Community School of the Arts at Goshen College while also branching out across Elkhart County to build musical hubs in North Goshen, and other areas thanks to strong community partnerships.
A Festival of Carols — Thu, Jan 01st
This special celebration of the holiday season will feature four choirs and an orchestra, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.
“A Festival of Carols” is patterned on a traditional English worship service, and features Christmas carols, spirituals, scripture readings and sacred works of music for the holiday season. Performers include the Goshen College Chamber Choir, Vox Profundi, Voices of the Earth, Goshen College Symphony Orchestra and Shout For Joy Children’s Choir. The audience will also be invited to join the choirs to sing familiar carols during the performance.
The Goshen College Choirs are directed by H. Roz Woll and Scott Hochstetler, and the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Mark Douglass. Shout for Joy Children’s Choir is directed by Katie Thornthwaite.